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Myriad Reality

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Mutated? Hm… I can do all of that, but we definitely need to split. It’ll allow you to keep casting traps.
*follows you down*

@Path

If you see Lily, give her a piece of my mind.
*An explosion rings out on the above floor*

Myriad Reality

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To increase your concealment, we may have to split. We can communicate, but with your low magical footprint, you can do what you need to do easier. Let me know what I should do to your traps.

@Path

They need to be amplified, duplicated—but most importantly, several need to be mutated altogether. I don't know how to describe to you the kind of work that needs to be done. But I can make sure that getting to the lower floor is the most unpleasant thing he's done this week.
*Takes off running down the stairs*

Myriad Reality

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Slow him down, your bearing will be a great hidden source for the spell.
*looks back towards where the stranger is*
He have to move.

@Path

*Starts embedding spell traps into the walls, some that generate spikes, a few that react with elements, and one toward the stairs that slows time*
If Lily ever shows up, we can amplify these traps. Lucky for us, this is my specialty.

Myriad Reality

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If our aim is to slow him down…
*raises two fingers towards the bearing, and a massive ice wall spreads out and a blizzards flows through towards the stranger*

@Path

Not even hiding it, are you?
*Extends the stone walls, closing entire chambers*

Myriad Reality

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That might work for you…
*shadow steps with you*

@Path

*From the darkness, casts another spell to further mask and obscure my presence*
Do you have any decent spells for this?
*Channels a slowing spell through one of my steel bearings and flings it into the air, where it semi-casts and freezes in place*

Myriad Reality

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So we hide?

@Path

Better. We sneak.
*Waves my hand and vanishes into the shadows*

Myriad Reality

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Show him what?

@Path

If we do it right, absolutely nothing at all. After all, we work best in the shadows.

Myriad Reality

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What is the goal?

@Path

We need to complete the dungeon, right? So we need to show him down and find a way out.

Myriad Reality

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He will be relentless, as I mentioned he is a savant.

@Path

Then we can play it cautiously. Set traps. If we never engage, he won't have a chance to counterattack.

Myriad Reality

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He won’t let us escape, even if we run.

@Path

Then we won't run. But that doesn't mean we fight, either.